A nice group of an Oberleutnant

Hi guys, sharing with you the biggest purchase i have ever done for my collection. Everything you see in the photos belonged to Oberleutnant Emil Freitag, from 3rd company, Grenadier Regiment 377.The items were taken from his daughter to an auction house in Hamburg. A friend from Germany attended the auction and managed to win this lot. I bought the group from my friend so actually this is the first time that they are kept in a collection after residing in a closet for 70 years. Unfortunately the auction house had sold the officer's photo albums in another auction and my friend didn't know about it so they were bought by another person I hope i can find them one day and reunite them with the rest of the group. My friend had a phone conversation with the vet's daughter and she gave him some information about her father:

He was involved in the fighting in Kurland were he was wounded and got transferred home for recovering. But before he got healed completely, he went back to his unit to help his men. At end of war he was captured by the Soviets, escaped 2 times, got captured again and returned to Hamburg 2 years after i.e. in 1947.

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The last one is not a photo. It's a scan of the veteran's portrait. The artist who did it was very skillful. It took me hours to realize it wasn't a photo. And i figured it out by the drawing of the CCC.Unfortunately the vet's daughter wanted to keep the painting and refused to offer it for sale.There is no Urkunde for the DKiG, but gladfully the painting proves that he was awarded it before the end of the war.

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Yes??strange .i could read it all the time.Believed it was a joke from you chris.i have selected greek language in forum from begining .maybe thats why i can see them normal.who knows.strange technology